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Where the Battle was Lost

April 6, 2010

If you’re in the mood to affix blame for this healthcare albatross that seems likely to bankrupt future generations of Americans, it seems to me we can look on both sides of the aisle—and Patrick Ruffini agrees: The Republican Health Care Failure

How to Write a Critique as a Thoughtful Christian

April 6, 2010

Tim Challies is one of the best Christian bloggers in the business, and this article I offer, not to persuade you one way or the other as to Tim’s position, but to hold it up as a pitch-perfect example of a concerned Christian brother offering…

Michael Spencer: 1956-2010

April 6, 2010

Michael Spencer, aka the “Internet Monk”, went to be with Jesus last evening.  I was an avid reader of his; though we disagreed from time to time, he was always thoughtful as a writer, often very funny, and his commitment to Jesus shined through.  One…

The Emerging Obama Pattern

April 5, 2010

Victor Davis Hanson puts the dots together on the Obama administration’s first 14 months and sees a pattern that seems to be unmistakable: Chicago Does Socialism As Hanson rightly points out, we might forgive an instance of statism here or there, a power grab or…

Nice "Choice" for California Senate

April 1, 2010

I can’t find the Fox News article anywhere, the one I read on my BlackBerry just two hours ago, but I found the exact same piece here, an AP article on Republican Senate hopeful Tom Campbell, who is in a dead heat with Carly Fiorina…

Well, it's Better than Nothing

April 1, 2010

The President actually got this one right, at least as far as it goes: Obama OKs Offshore Drilling Of course we need to keep working on alternative sources of energy; I’m fine with that.  I don’t want to cripple the U.S. economy any further than…